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Anonymous
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OK, lets think this through a minute. MILK is a movie that will help to EDUCATE the public about LGBT people in a positive way. Do we really want to discourage cINEMARK from showing it? In our area there are no other choices than CINEMARK. This is the kind of action that could very well negatively backfire and ultimately hurt us

Anon: Note, though, that the site says "If you have a choice, go somewhere else." They seem to recognize that supporting the film is more important than proving a point and they give several links where people can look up showtimes at other theaters.

Anon - I hear what you are saying, at the same time anyone who would be willing to boycott cinemark over Milk prob is already on our side, and wouldn't need the education necessarily.

Seth - I noticed that they provide alternatives but aren't encouraging a boycott if that is the only option.

thegayte - I don't know if it will change his mind, apparently Cinemark was one of the first to show Brokeback and apparently that wasn't enough to make him realize gay people are relevant and deserve dignity.

Thanks, I didn't know this. Luckily, there's a bunch of other theaters in SF. But in the rest of the Bay Area, it's pretty much all Century (part of Cinemark), I had no idea it was such a monopoly! Yuck!

Since this report speaks directly about the movie "MILK" and its relevance to today's issues, it seems worth remembering Milk's own feelings with Proposition 6. He felt that, if Prop. 6 was passed, that the gay community would rise up in an angry and perhaps violent offensive that would have been entirely understandable. The unfinished business of Milk's time is still affecting us today and it this generation's responsibility to carry it forward.

We are not in the midst of a polite debate. We are not haggling over a trinket in a foreign bazaar. Prop 8 singles out gays. It strips them of rights. It undermines the very foundations of the Constitution of the country - which has no relationship to biblical belief or religious fanaticism. If gays are going to be singled out through the passage of this proposition, then the supporters of it should expect to be targeted themselves. If they are in positions of power, such as CEO of Cinemark, then the foundations of their power ought to be attacked and brought down.

Cinemark is fair game as is the Mormon Church. We are not engaged in a friendly disagreement. These people have mobilized to strip Americans they don't like or respect of their civil rights. That's not politics. That is war. Gays have learned how to fight back and we ought to throw our full fury at individuals who funded this fight against us AND their power bases - period.